Wednesday News:

February 22, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Richmond vs. St. Joe's - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern (16-11) fell in overtime to #11 Michigan for the second straight time. Highlights from the (agonizing) game are above.

These clips are fueled by the site's new video player, a smaller version of which can be found to your right in the sidebar. I've loaded it with clips of NU and Oregon State games, with more footage to be added as available.

As we wrote about last night, Georgetown (20-6) was trampled by Seton Hall, 73-55. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

An excerpt of the John Thompson III profile in The Washingtonian.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook had a double-double in New Trier's overtime win versus Niles North.

The Princeton Packet article on Saturday's game against Cornell has been published.

Down to an eight man rotation, Richmond plays at St. Joe's.

A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.

For those who asked, Princeton's J.V. will play Fork Union Military Academy at 7:00 pm ET on March 1st and at 3:00 pm ET on March 2nd.

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Seton Hall 73 Georgetown 55.

February 21, 2012 at 10:05 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Georgetown, Video

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Henry Sims & Jason Clark:

I've never fully understood the "o-ver-ra-ted!" chant. Don't you want the team you're beating to be as good as you expected if not better? Doesn't that say more about the school you support?

Still, such a cheer broke out half-heartedly with 2:04 left in the second half tonight in Newark with Seton Hall (19-9) up 64-49 on #8 Georgetown (20-6).

Perhaps it was deserved. The Hoyas didn't play much like a Top 10 team and Seton Hall performed like a school on the NCAA Tournament bubble desperate for a marquee victory.

Jordan Theodore was magnificent for the Pirates, scoring 29 points on 8-11 shooting including 5-5 from three point range and 8-8 at the free throw line.

John Thompson III's team was holding opponents to 38.0% shooting from the floor and 27.8% from behind the arc in Big East play but Seton Hall lit them up from all over, connecting on 8-13 threes and 61% of all their attempts.

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YouTube potpourri LXI.

February 21, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, highlights of Northwestern's victory over Minnesota. Use the password "shurna1902" to watch.

Six additional clips after the jump.

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Tuesday News:

February 21, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Seton Hall - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Michigan vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Douglas Davis (left) reps Princeton in the 16th Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release of the season.

Glad to see Ian Hummer's dunk made Ballin' Is A Habit's POSTERIZED: Weekend Recap.

Fairfield (17-11) built a 28-12 halftime lead and shut down Marist, 60-49.

Straddling the bubble once more, Northwestern hosts #11 Michigan. Like many Wildcat alums, Michael Wilbon is too nervous to watch.

Closer to home, Hollis Thompson and Georgetown play at Seton Hall. Given that the Pirates are adjacent to NU in Bracketology's "Last Four In," it would be kind of the Hoyas to win this game.

Former Tiger Pete Hegseth is close to challenging Amy Klobuchar for her Senate seat in Minnesota.

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More classic Princeton photos.

February 20, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Filed under Armond Hill, Basketball, Bill Bradley, Craig Robinson, David Zeft, Gabe Lewullis, Jamie Mastaglio, Mike Brennan, Pete Carril, Photos, Princeton, Rich Simkus, Sean Gregory, Steve Goodrich

I'm delighted to share with you 11 additional photographs from the collection of David Zeft, the majority of which are from mid-1990s games at The Palestra. Some in this set do also date from the early 1980s.

Click any and all to enlarge. Above, a driving Jamie Mastaglio with Pete Carril, Bill Carmody, Armond Hill and Joe Scott watching from behind the referee on the bench.

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Tiger bobblehead.

February 20, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

With no advance warning that I was aware of, Princeton held one of the all-time best giveaways at Jadwin Gym on Saturday night*.

Select fans with a "golden ticket" in their programs received a bobblehead of the Princeton Tiger wearing a Konrad Wysocki jersey courtesy Princeton Dining Services.

Speaking of the Tiger mascot, where has he/she/it been all season? Several people have asked me this question. Not at basketball games to the best of my knowledge. Perhaps they were accidentally abandoned in Tampa during the NCAA Tournament? This is the last sighting I can think of.

I've created a spot on the mantle for this lil' guy in-between my Willie The Wildcat football bobblehead and a special soda bottle brewed up to celebrate the improbable Ivy title for the 2000-01 Princeton men’s basketball team.

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Monday News:

February 20, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Marist - 7:00 pm ET

Pete Carril is profiled in the Trenton Times.

The Daily Princetonian, the Columbia Spectator and the Cornell Daily Sun review last weekend's action.

There's also a photo essay dedicated to Ian Hummer's dunk in the Princeton student paper.

Fairfield makes up their postponed trip to Marist tonight.

Another Jeremy Lin article looking at how he has made the Ivy League proud talked with Sydney Johnson.

SportsProf took a spur of the moment to visit Jadwin Gym on Saturday night.

It seems that the coaching career of Fletcher Arritt will end with games versus the Princeton J.V.

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Sunday News:

February 19, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' win versus Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on cornellbigred.com.

The Trentonian also finally published their story from the Columbia game on-line.

Watch an ESPNU piece on Friday's win here.

Pete Carril is quoted extensively in an article on Jeremy Lin.

The late 1960s and early 1970s were a golden age for Ivy League basketball.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 10 points in New Trier's victory over #14 St. Rita at the City-Suburban Showdown.

Listen to Sydney Johnson talk about the retirement of Fork Union Military Academy coach Fletcher Arritt.

Fairfield (16-11) turned an 18 point second half deficit into a one point lead with just over two minutes to go but Wisconsin-Milwaukee scored the game's final five points.

In front of a sell out crowd, Richmond (14-14) held off Charlotte, 53-52.

Denver (20-8) made 16 three pointers in a 76-57 rout of Louisiana-Monroe.

Leading wire to wire, Georgetown (20-5) clamped down on Providence, 63-53. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

John Shurna set the Northwestern (16-10) scoring record but more importantly the Wildcats defeated Minnesota by 11.

Cal beat Oregon State (15-12) in Berkeley, 77-63.

Around the Ivy League: A well-designed lob play by Miles Cartwright to Fran Dougherty with less than a second left in overtime gave Penn (15-11 / 7-2) a 61-59 victory over Columbia (14-12 / 3-7) at The Palestra. Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-9) closed on a 15-3 run for their first conference victory over Brown (7-20 / 1-9) by five. Harvard (23-3 / 9-1) won their 27th straight at home with a 66-51 decision against Yale (17-7 / 7-3).

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Cornell pictures.

February 18, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today’s game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Ian Hummer's dunk.

February 18, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

Here it is.

Ian Hummer throws a dunk down with his left hand over Cornell's Johnathan Gray.

Lordy.

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Princeton 75 Cornell 57.

February 18, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, Patrick Saunders, T.J. Bray & Ian Hummer:

Of the 10 sour choices, January 13th was the night this season Princeton wished most they could have back. Missing more than their fair share of clean jump shots and unable to take advantage of late opportunities to rally on the road past the Big Red, the Tigers fell 67-59 to open their Ivy League schedule.

“The guys understood that this was a game up in Ithaca – and all credit goes to Cornell – where we really did not feel good about how we played,” Head coach Mitch Henderson admitted.

This evening at Jadwin Gym was poles apart.

“We looked like a completely different bunch,” Henderson said. “I’ve watched that Cornell game probably five or 10 times now. I just don’t recognize us up there. This was a little bit more of who we really are tonight.”

After scoring on their final 12 possessions to finish Columbia off on Friday night, Princeton picked up right where they concluded. The Tigers had five baskets from five different players their first five times down the court.

“I thought we brought a lot of energy right from the tip,” said junior forward Ian Hummer. “We just kept it going all night and tried not to hit a wall.”

While Cornell was able to keep pace offensively for the initial seven minutes, Princeton never let up as they shot 69.2% in the opening frame and maintained a double digit lead over the night’s final 27:47.

“We knew if we came out in the second half and really put our foot to the pedal we would be fine,” Hummer added.

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Saturday News:

February 18, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Today's News

Today's Game: Cornell (10-13 / 5-4) vs. Princeton (14-10 / 5-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 136-79.
Last meeting: Cornell 67 Princeton 59 - 1/13/12

Fairfield vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee - 4:00 pm ET
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Minnesota vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Cal - 10:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's third consecutive conference victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian and on gocolumbialions.com. The area's two daily newspaper's appear to not have covered the game.

Here is a lone preview of tonight's contest.

Fairfield visits Wisconsin-Milwaukee as part of Bracketbuster Saturday.

Charlotte heads to Richmond.

Denver hosts Louisiana-Monroe. The Pioneers are potentially pushing towards the NCAA Tournament.

Working towards a double bye in the Big East Tournament, Georgetown plays at Providence.

In something close to a must win game, Northwestern welcomes Minnesota to Welsh-Ryan Arena. John Shurna is on the brink of becoming the Wildcats' all time scoring leader.

Oregon State looks for a season sweep of Cal.

Aris Thessaloniki (via Google Translate) writes of the success Dan Mavraides had versus Jeremy Lin. Sean Gregory adds a few more words on Lin for Time.

Around the Ivy League: Zack Rosen willed Penn (14-11 / 6-2) to a 73-66 victory over Cornell (10-13 / 5-4) at The Palestra. On the strength of a 20-0 first half run, Harvard (22-3 / 8-1) defeated Brown (7-19 / 1-8) by 27. Yale (17-6 / 7-2) won 70-61 at Dartmouth (4-21 / 0-9).

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